[Intro]
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[Strophe]
     F         C 
It's coming on Christmas 
        F            C 
They're cutting down trees 
        F          C 
They're putting up reindeer 
                     F       C 
And singing songs of joy and peace 
      Am                         G 
Oh, I wish I had a river I could skate away on
[Strophe]
    F        C 
But it don't snow here 
   F            C 
It stays pretty green 
             F             C 
I'm going to make a lot of money 
                            F     C 
Then I'm going to quit this crazy scene 
      Am                         G 
Oh, I wish I had a river I could skate away on
[Strophe]
  F                     G 
I wish I had a river so long 
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I would teach my feet to fly       wooh . . 
  C            F             G          F 
I wish I had a river I could skate away on 
C         G    C 
I made my baby cry
piano break
[Strophe]
   F             C 
He tried hard to help me 
             F         C 
You know, he put me at ease 
       F           C 
And he loved me so naughty 
        F           C 
Made me weak in the knees 
      Am                         G 
Oh, I wish I had a river I could skate away on
[Strophe]
    F          C 
I'm so hard to handle 
    F               C 
I'm selfish and I'm sad 
         F                 C 
Now I've gone and lost the best baby 
     F      C 
That I ever had 
      Am                         G 
Oh, I wish I had a river I could skate away on
[Strophe]
  F                     G 
I wish I had a river so long 
        C                F Am Dm   Dm7 
I would teach my feet to fly       wooh . . 
  C            F             G          F 
I wish I had a river I could skate away on 
C         G            C 
I made my baby say goodbye
[Strophe]
     F         C 
It's coming on Christmas 
        F            C 
They're cutting down trees 
        F          C 
They're putting up reindeer 
                     F       C 
And singing songs of joy and peace 
      Am                         G 
Oh, I wish I had a river I could skate away on
[Outro]
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